FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Full name	Футбольний клуб Металіст 1925 Харків ; Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Nickname	Zhovto-syni (Yellow-blue)
Founded	17 August 2016; 9 years ago (17 August 2016)
Ground	OSC Metalist; Arena Livyi Bereh
Capacity	40,003
Owner(s)	; Volodymyr Nosov;
Chairman	Anton Ivanov
Head coach	Mladen Bartulović
League	Ukrainian Premier League
2024–25	Ukrainian First League, 3rd of 18 (promoted via play-off)
Website	https://metalist1925.com

Football club

Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Металіст 1925) is a professional football club from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Founded in 2016, the club set to play in Ukrainian Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football after promotion from Ukrainian First League in 2024–25. Their home stadium is Metalist Oblast Sports Complex with 40,003 capacity.

Metalist Kharkiv was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League after finishing in third place in the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League. They earned promotion on two previous occasions: placing second in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and placing third in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League.

History

The club was established in the summer of 2016 after the original club, FC Metalist Kharkiv, was refused a license by the Football Federation of Ukraine and expelled from national competitions.^{[citation needed]}

On the initiative of former Metalist player Volodymyr Linke, among others, a new club was created under the name FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.^[4] It entered the Ukrainian Football Amateur League for the 2016–17 season and earned promotion to the Ukrainian Second League the next year.^[5]

In 2018, the club was promoted to the Ukrainian First League and from 2021 it is playing in the highest tier of the Ukrainian association football – at the Ukrainian Premier League.

On 1 June 2025, Metalist 1925 secure promotion to Ukrainian Premier League from next season after win against Livyi Bereh Kyiv on aggregate 2–0 in promotion-relegation play-off and return to top tier after one year absence.

Infrastructure

Metalist 1925 plays its games at Metalist Stadium. It has its own training site in the town of Vysokyi.

Squad

Players

As of 6 September 2025^[6]^[7]^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	UKR	Oleh Mozil
2	DF	UKR	Dmytro Kapinus
3	DF	UKR	Vasyl Kravets
5	MF	UKR	Ivan Kalyuzhnyi
7	FW	BRA	Ari Moura
8	FW	VEN	Sebastián Castillo
10	MF	UKR	Vladlen Yurchenko
11	MF	UKR	Vyacheslav Churko
13	DF	UKR	Volodymyr Salyuk
14	FW	UKR	Ramik Hadzhyiev
15	FW	UKR	Denys Antyukh
16	MF	COL	Nicolás Arévalo
17	MF	UKR	Ihor Kohut
18	DF	UKR	Yevhen Pavlyuk
19	MF	ALB	Ermir Rashica


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	GK	UKR	Yaroslav Protsenko
24	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Martynyuk
25	MF	UKR	Ivan Lytvynenko
27	DF	UKR	Illya Krupskyi
30	GK	UKR	Danylo Varakuta
31	DF	UKR	Artem Shabanov
32	DF	UKR	Maksym Imerekov (captain)
45	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Kalitvintsev
72	FW	KOS	Baton Zabërgja
74	DF	UKR	Ihor Snurnitsyn
80	FW	NGA	Christian Mba
91	MF	UKR	Matviy Panchenko
97	FW	UKR	Oleksiy Sydorov
98	FW	NGA	Peter Itodo

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	UKR	Samuel Obinaya (at Jablonec until 30 June 2026)
21	MF	UKR	Denys Nahnoynyi (at Kudrivka until 30 June 2026)
—	GK	UKR	Maksym Kovalenko (at Probiy Horodenka until 30 June 2026)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	UKR	Yevhen Pasich (at Obolon Kyiv until 31 December 2025)
—	FW	GHA	Raymond Owusu (at Kudrivka until 30 June 2026)

Administration and coaches

Administration

Owner – LLC FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv^[9]

Current staff (senior team)

Head coach – Mladen Bartulović
Assistant coach – Maksym Tsvirenko
Assistant coach – Andriy Polunin
Assistant coach – Oleksandr Chyzhov
Assistant coach – Yevhen Shakhov
Goalkeeping coach – Serhiy Dolhanskyi
Analysts – Valentyn Yermak
Fitness Coach – Andriy Shabalin
Fitness Coach – Dragan Todorovic

General Directors

2016–2020 Volodymyr Linke
2020–2023 Yaroslav Vdovenko^[10]^[11]
2023–2024 Andriy Niedielin
2024–present Anton Ivanov

Presidents and vice-presidents

2023–present Volodymyr Nosov^[12]
- 2023–present Yuriy Korotun

Managers

Oleksandr Pryzetko (16 Aug 2016 – 26 September 2017)^[13]
Vyacheslav Khruslov (caretaker) (26 September 2017 – 28 September 2017)
Oleksandr Ivanov (28 September 2017 – 3 May 2018)
Serhiy Ralyuchenko (caretaker) (3 May 2018 – 8 May 2018)
Serhiy Valyayev (8 May 2018 – 11 September 2018)
Oleksandr Horyainov (caretaker) (11 September 2018 – 10 December 2018)
Oleksandr Horyainov (10 December 2018 – 4 June 2019)
Andriy Demchenko (4 June 2019 – 21 July 2020)
Vyacheslav Khruslov (caretaker) (21 July 2020 – 21 August 2020)
Valeriy Kriventsov (21 August 2020 – 22 October 2022)
Edmar (caretaker) (23 October 2022 – 5 November 2023)
Oleh Holodyuk (caretaker) (5 November 2023 – 20 December 2023)
Viktor Skrypnyk (20 December 2023 – 28 July 2024)
Serhiy Karpenko (caretaker) (28 July 2024 – 20 August 2024)
Patrick van Leeuwen (20 August 2024 – 18 May 2025)^[14]^[15]
Oleksandr Chyzhov (caretaker) (20 May 2025 – present)^[16]

Honours

Ukrainian First League
- Third place (1): 2020–21
Ukrainian Second League
- Third place (1): 2017–18
Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship
- Runners-up (1): 2016–17

Seasons

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Other		Notes
2016–17	4th (Championship among amateurs)	1	20	13	4	3	46	18	43		LF	Lost final	Group winner, Promoted
2017–18	3rd "B" (Second League)	2	33	21	4	8	77	27	67	1⁄64 finals			Promoted
2018–19	2nd (First League)	4	28	15	6	7	35	20	51	1⁄16 finals
2019–20		7	30	15	6	9	44	34	51	1⁄32 finals
2020–21		3	30	16	8	6	36	22	56	1⁄64 finals			Promoted
2021–22	1st (Premier League)	10	18	6	1	11	17	29	19	1⁄8 finals
2022–23		12	30	6	14	10	23	42	32	Not played
2023–24		16	30	5	8	17	32	57	23	1⁄8 finals			Relegated to FL
2024–25	2nd (First League)	3	22	10	6	6	29	20	36	3rd round			Promoted to PL win play-off Livyi Bereh Kyiv 1:0 1:0
2025–26	1st (Premier League)	6	10	4	4	2	12	7	16	1⁄4 finals

Women, reserves teams and academy

Metalist 1925-2

It was announced that Metalist 1925 will be fielding its second squad in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League. Metalist 1925-2 would be formed based on Metalist 1925 under-19 team that competed at the UPL U-19 competitions.^[17]

Metalist 1925 (women)

Created in 2006 as Zhilstroi-1 Kharkiv (Zhytlobud-1), in 2024 the women team from Kharkiv was fully integrated by Metalist 1925 as its women team. Zhilstroi-1/Zhytlobud-1 is a leader of the women club's football in Ukraine.

Notes

References

^ Неделин: Околофутбольное чудо произошло, угроза исчезновения Металлиста 1925 прошла. sportarena.com. 31 August 2023
^ a b c d Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы. ukrrudprom.com. 12 November 2021
^ ТОВ ФК МЕТАЛІСТ 1925 ХАРКІВ - Інформація про юридичну особу ТОВ "ФК "МЕТАЛІСТ 1925". opendatabot.ua. 31 October 2025
^ "Our club was created by fans for fans". In Kharkiv they went the other way ("Наш клуб создали болельщики для болельщиков". В Харькове пошли другим путем). UA-Football. 5 August 2017.
^ "Металлист 1925 стал профессиональным футбольным клубом". 16 May 2017.
^ "Основний склад".
^ "Metalist 1925".
^ "Професіональна футбольна ліга України". Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
^ "Металіст 1925 став професійним футбольним клубом". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 16 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "Гендиректор Металіста 1925: Зауважень до тренерського штабу Кривенцова немає". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 30 December 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "Ярослав Вдовенко залишає "Металіст 1925"". metalist1925.com (in Ukrainian). 22 November 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
^ "Нові лідери, нові перспективи: Володимир Носов стає президентом ФК "Металіст 1925"". metalist1925.com (in Ukrainian). 23 November 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
^ Oleksandr Pryzetko is a head coach of Metalist 1925
^ "Патрік ван Леувен - головний тренер "Металіста 1925"" (in Ukrainian). metalist1925.com. 4 September 2024. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ "У нього був провал і в «Шахтарі». «Металіст 1925» відсторонив від роботи головного тренера". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
^ "Олександр Чижов готуватиме «Металіст 1925» до матчу проти «Агробізнесу»". metalist1925.com (in Ukrainian). 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
^ "У Другій лізі нового сезону виступлять 8 нових резервних команд: ми дізналися, хто їх очолить і де вони будуть грати – є сюрпризи" [In the new season's Second League 8 new reserve teams will participate: we discovered who will manage them and where they will play, there are surprises]. ukrfootball.ua (in Ukrainian). 13 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

External links

Official website
“Ми більше не хочемо президента-олігарха“. Сергій Стороженко про Металіст 1925. UA-Football (www.ua-football.com). 29 May 2017

[1] Неделин: Околофутбольное чудо произошло, угроза исчезновения Металлиста 1925 прошла. sportarena.com. 31 August 2023

[ukrrudprom-2] Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы. ukrrudprom.com. 12 November 2021

[3] ТОВ ФК МЕТАЛІСТ 1925 ХАРКІВ - Інформація про юридичну особу ТОВ "ФК "МЕТАЛІСТ 1925". opendatabot.ua. 31 October 2025

[4] "Our club was created by fans for fans". In Kharkiv they went the other way ("Наш клуб создали болельщики для болельщиков". В Харькове пошли другим путем). UA-Football. 5 August 2017.

[5] "Металлист 1925 стал профессиональным футбольным клубом". 16 May 2017.

[6] "Основний склад".

[7] "Metalist 1925".

[8] "Професіональна футбольна ліга України". Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

[9] "Металіст 1925 став професійним футбольним клубом". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 16 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

[10] "Гендиректор Металіста 1925: Зауважень до тренерського штабу Кривенцова немає". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 30 December 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

[11] "Ярослав Вдовенко залишає "Металіст 1925"". metalist1925.com (in Ukrainian). 22 November 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

[12] "Нові лідери, нові перспективи: Володимир Носов стає президентом ФК "Металіст 1925"". metalist1925.com (in Ukrainian). 23 November 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

[coach-13] Oleksandr Pryzetko is a head coach of Metalist 1925

[leeuwen-14] "Патрік ван Леувен - головний тренер "Металіста 1925"" (in Ukrainian). metalist1925.com. 4 September 2024. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[15] "У нього був провал і в «Шахтарі». «Металіст 1925» відсторонив від роботи головного тренера". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.

[16] "Олександр Чижов готуватиме «Металіст 1925» до матчу проти «Агробізнесу»". metalist1925.com (in Ukrainian). 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.

[shturm-17] "У Другій лізі нового сезону виступлять 8 нових резервних команд: ми дізналися, хто їх очолить і де вони будуть грати – є сюрпризи" [In the new season's Second League 8 new reserve teams will participate: we discovered who will manage them and where they will play, there are surprises]. ukrfootball.ua (in Ukrainian). 13 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.